CA Board Member Resigns Post

Updated Feb. 13, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

Computer Associates International Inc., based in Islandia, N.Y., said William S. Stavropoulos resigned from the company's board because of his recent appointment as president and chief executive of Dow Chemical Co. In a letter to Computer Associates Chairman and Chief Executive Sanjay Kumar, Mr. Stavropoulos, 63 years old, said his new role at Dow Chemical necessitated a reduction in his outside activities, Computer Associates said. Mr. Stavropoulos, also chairman of Dow Chemical, had served as president and CEO from 1995 to 2000 and resumed those duties in December after the Midland, Mich., company ousted then CEO...